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Strategy 1:12 Book List: An Excellent Core Library

One of the most amazing things I've ever had the privilege of being involved in is "Strategy 1:12", a missions initiative that my friend Leland Johnson started. In S112, one Western pastor becomes the mentor of twelve pastors or pastoral students in a third-world country for three years. Each year involves a week of teaching and training. One of the most signfiicant things we are able to do is equip these third-world pastors with books. This year is my third year to be involved with S112, and my second year with my own group. The number of books we have been able to purchase is simply amazing! And it reminded me this morning (while I was working on this) that these books represent a very good core library that would be useful for any believer, and especially for an elder or pastor. So, here's the list (this is two of three years worth) - and with the exception of the Concordance and the Vine's Dictionary, I would recommend them all. (These books are good and valuable references for the guys in Africa who don't know Greek, but there are much better resources available with much more information).

2 comments:

Do you have a short, hotlist of instructional and (in)formative books that all ministers (broadly speaking) should have read? 5-10 books? Books that should form the backbone or framework of our thinking and ministry? (I'm lumping together here hermeneutics, philosophy of ministry, and theology.) Does your previous post answer this question?